Do y'all harvest many ducks with a missing leg? Seems like I'll find one in every limit. Gadwalls Wondering if the ducks, I hunt, are handicapped more often because they're swamp ducks. Maybe more hazards under the water. I have another theory - these are the ducks I'm supposed to be getting bands off of, but for some reason their legs and my bands are falling off in the middle of no where.

Exactly - always at the knee... I'm thinking Turtles or Catfish? My hunting partner was watching several ducks in our slough, when they started squawking and one was flapping his wings, while getting pulled backwards. Suddenly he was pulled under - the end.

Oh I just got it - I know why I don't get Bands - probably large mouth bass are hammering those shiny bands and taking the lower part of the leg off. Maybe I should start putting the half legs on my lanyard?